BEARD LICHEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does beard lichen mean? • BEARD LICHEN (noun)
The noun BEARD LICHEN has 1 sense:
1. greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees
Familiarity information: BEARD LICHEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEARD LICHEN (noun)
Meaning:
Greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
beard lichen; beard moss; Usnea barbata
Hypernyms ("beard lichen" is a kind of...):
lichen (any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.)
Holonyms ("beard lichen" is a member of...):
genus Usnea; Usnea (widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus)
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